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Originally Posted by Bruce Day
to me reduced pressure means reduced shot load and/or speed from max. Sometimes I need all that I can get.
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Not always so. Again reloading has it's advantages. Although the pressures are lower recoil is a function of force = mass x acceleration ie. they are still gonna kick and be rougher on the stock than a light load.
From the Hodgdon Reloading Center
Federal Gold Medal Hull = Lead Shot 12ga 1 1/4 oz. Longshot Powder 30.7gr Win. 209 primer Rem. R12L wad
7,700 PSI 1330 fps
Federal Gold medal Hull = Lead Shot 12ga 1 1/4oz. Longshot Powder 33.4gr Win. 209 primer, WAA12F114 wad
7,200 PSI 1385 fps
Federal High Power Hull = 16ga Lead Shot 1 1/8 oz. Longshot Powder 25gr Win. 209 primer Rem. SP16 wad
8,300 PSI 1240 fps I believe a 1 1/8 ounce 16ga is a magnum loading.
As far as birds go there is not a bird more tenacious to life than a Giant Canada Goose ('cept maybe an Ostrich and don't like the taste of Ostrich), those who have had to dispatch enough birds that came down with a broken wing will know. Again, right size shot, right choke and
within the working range of the load and gun and light loads will knock the snot out of them.